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Faith, Fat, & Fitness

I have gained seventy pounds since my 30th birthday. Seventy. Pounds. That doubled my pants size. Literally. After the first thirty or forty pounds, my doctor assured me it was normal for women in their thirties. Not that that made me feel any better. ...

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Summer Stress (& finding room to breathe)

Do you ever feel the pressure of summer stress? Maybe it’s having your kids home all day, maybe it’s pressure to do more fun family things, either way I think every mom stresses over something. At least I do. Summers are one of the most stressful seasons for me, but they are also one of my favorite seasons. Why? I’m sharing more over on Lemon Blessings today. But to give you an idea, sitting by the pool is one of the highlights of my year. Even if it’s 107 degrees outside, on a hot Texas day,...

Seasons May Change But These Two Things Stay The Same

I have been looking back through the blog posts and devotions I have written over the years, and I am amazed at how much has changed. The struggles I went through, the verses that encouraged me, how Jesus was with me through each moment… all of i...

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Back to the Beginning with Jesus

I grew up in the church. I fell in love with Jesus the summer before I started high school, and I was baptized when I was 18. But life isn’t easy. One of my favorite Scriptures is Psalm 118:17 where it says, “I shall not die, but I shall live, and reco...

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Do we deserve happiness?

QUESTION: It seems like the world is so full of negativity and sadness that there’s no place for positivity and good things. How can we believe in a

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When You Get Stuck In Leviticus

My mom inspires me. She’s one of those women who reads the Bible from cover to cover every year. She diligently reads in the morning when she wakes up and in the evening before she goes to bed. I would love to be that woman. But I’m not. When Reading Y...

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How To Count Your Blessings When Things Go Wrong

My daughter has a concussion. She was helping pick up balls at her sister’s softball practice on Monday when her head and a bat accidentally collided. It could have been worse, but it wasn’t. However, she does have several restrictions on what she can ...

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Hope For When You Feel Emotionally Alone

Do you ever feel like you have no one to talk to? Like no one could possibly understand what you are going through or how you are feeling? That’s where I’ve been this week. There are things going on that I simply can’t discuss on the ...

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My Bravery (& Faith) Came To A Breathtaking Stop

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength… all things except kill a rattlesnake. However, if I’m honest, I probably could have killed that snake if I had really needed to. Or if I would have stopped long enough to pray about it and look ...

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Growing My Trust in God When Life Was Beyond My Control

I remember driving through the mountains with my husband in the middle of a blizzard. Okay, it wasn’t really a blizzard, and I wasn’t really driving, but it sure seemed like a blizzard from where I sat in the passenger seat. It was snowing hard and the...

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